Northeastern State Individual Workout Drills

Here are some good individual workout drills for player development.  These drills can used as off-season development or incorporated into your in-season practices.

Northeastern State Individual Workout Drills

Camuson College Clinic 2007

Here is a set of clinic notes that feature Brett Westcott of Camuson College.  There are a number of drill descriptions presented here if you are drill junkie.

Camuson College Clinic 2007

The Coaches Creed

By: George R. Edwards, University of Missouri Men's Basketball Coach (1926-1946)

I BELIEVE that basketball has an important place in the general educational scheme and
pledge myself to cooperate with others in the field of education to so administer it that its
value never will be questioned.

I BELIEVE that other coaches of this sport are as earnest in its protection as I am, and I will

do all inmy power to further their endeavors.

I BELIEVE that my own actions should be so regulated at all times that I will be a credit to
the profession.

I BELIEVE that the members of the National Basketball Committee are capably expressing
the rules of the game, and I will abide by these rules in both spirit and letter.
I BELIEVE in the exercise of all the patience, tolerance, and diplomacy at my command in
my relations with all players, co-workers, game officials and spectators.

I BELIEVE that the proper administration of this sport offers an effective laboratory
method to develop in its adherents high ideals of sportsmanship; qualities of cooperation,
courage, unselfishness and self-control; desires for clean, healthful living; and respect for
wise discipline and authority.

I BELIEVE that these admirable characteristics, properly instilled by me through teaching
and demonstration, will have a long carryover and will aid each one connected with the
sport to become a better citizen.

I BELIEVE in and will support all reasonable moves to improve athletic conditions, to
provide for adequate equipment and to promote the welfare of an increased number of
participants.

The Man In The Glass

When you get what you want in your struggle for self
And the world makes you king for a day,

Just go to the mirror and look at yourself
And see what that man has to say.

For it isn't your father or mother or wife
Whose judgment upon you must pass.

The fellow whose verdict counts most in your life
Is the one staring back from the glass.

Youmay be like Jack Horner and chisel a plum
And think you're a wonderful guy.

But the man in the glass says you're only a bum
If you can't look him straight in the eye.

He's the fellow to please --- never mind all the rest,
For he's with you clear to the end.

And you've passed your most dangerous, difficult test
If the man in the glass is your friend.

Youmay fool the whole world down the pathway of years
And get pats on the back as you pass.

But your final reward will be heartache and tears
If you've cheated the man in the glass

Coaching Quote #38: Principles

"Methods are many, principles are few. Methods always change, but principles never do."

--- Coach Ray Wilkerson

Validating a Win

Even though I am not a DDA / DDM coach, I really appreciate Vance Walberg's belief in his system.  He is very maticulous to details and has use statistical analysis to validate his program philosophy.  One of the practice techniques that he uses that we stole and use in our own program is "Validating a Win."  When we do competitive drill work, we will have the winning team validate the win with a free throw.  If the winning team misses the free throw, they lose and have to do some sort of conditioning.  If they make the free throw, they still win and the losing team has to do conditioning. 

1-4 High Wing Pro Strong

A nice 1-4 high set for those of you who like plays out of a 4 across. 

1-4 High Wing Pro Strong

Hubie Brown's 4 Rules

Here are Hubie Brown's rules to play on his team.  Very simple, yet can fix a lot of problems we see as coaches.

1. Be on time
2. Play hard
3. Know your job
4. No excuses

Tom Izzo Zone Sets

Here are some zone sets that Tom Izzo has used in the past.  He has some really great zone offensive ideas that can be easily adapted to our offensive packages.

Tom Izzo Zone Sets

Coaching Quote #37: You

"You are what you do."

--- Don Meyer

Bobby Hurley: Up-Tempo Basketball Practice

Our video clip today is from Bobby Hurley: Up-Tempo Basketball Practice. If you have seen any of Coach Hurley's videos or been to his practice before, you can appreciate the level of detail and effort he puts into practice planning and organization.  He is one of the best.

Hoffstra Up-Tempo Offense Notes

For those of you coaches who are looking for some ideas for an up-tempo style of offense, you should check out these notes as explained by assistant coach Bill Ferrara.  It includes some philosophical elements, drill work and offensive diagrams.  A really good resource.

Hoffstra Up-Tempo Offense Notes

Bobby Knight Clinic Notes: Bilbao, Spain

Here are some clinic note on Coach Knight where he discusses some defensive and offensive concepts.  I love how simplistic Coach Knight teaches things.

Bobby Knight Clinic Notes: Bilbao, Spain

Coaching Quote #36: Futures

“You can never change outcomes, but you can try to change futures.”

--- Tom Crean

Delay Game Points Of Emphasis

We have been working on our delay game situations at practice and we have really been stressing some key components that often get overlooked at this point of the game. Often, we as coaches get caught up in the X's and O's of delay game strategy, but overlook some of the details that make a delay game work effectively. Here are some of the key components that we stress in this situation.


1. Be hard to guard when you have the ball. When a player has the basketball, he/she needs to be in hard to guard triple threat stance. The defense is going to be aggressive; therefore, it is vital that the person with the ball is still in an attack stance. Too often, players will start to get flat footed and are not ready to make an athletic move. They stand vertical with the ball above their head, which will invite the defender to jam them up. This makes it hard to pass or dribble in this instance.

2. Be hard to guard off the ball. Delay offense does not mean that the other players get to stand and watch their teammate with the ball. Constant movement makes it harder for defenders to be in help position. Furthermore, when offensive players are moving, they are more apt to meet the pass and shorten up passing lanes. We constantly are reminding our players the mindset of the defense at this point. The defense is going to be aggressive, looking to jump passing lanes and/or foul.

3. Your best free throw shooters always need to be near the ball. We have a couple of players who are good free throw shooters and we tell them that 1 of you always need to be 1 pass away from the ball.

4. Understand the potential danger areas. For example, we don't use ball screens in a delay situation because we feel that we are inviting a team to trap the ball. For other teams, it could be the corners of the floor. It could also be you have a player who you don't want to have the ball (bad ball handler, poor free throw shooter....).

5. Shot selection. One of the most important elements you need to clearly explain to your kids is your expectations on shot selection. For us, we still look for scoring opportunities in our delay offense. I heard Don Meyer say something along the lines of: "Don't take a shot that you can make, take a shot that won't miss." That will mean different things to all of us based on the ability of our players, experience and coaching philosophy.

6. Know your timeout situation and who has the possession arrow.

Motion Drills

Here are a bunch of drills you can use to help teach a motion style offense.  There are 54 pages of drills and teaching points.

Motion Drills

Ganon Baker: Point Guard Ball Screen Drill

Yesterday, we looked at some ball screen defenisve topics that Tom Izzo uses.  Today, we are going to look at some offensive tips on how to use a ball screen.  Ganon Baker has a bunch of great basketball resources and high recommend any of his instructional DVDs.

Jay Wright: Villanova Zone Offense

Continuing our Jay Wrigtht theme, we are going to look at some basics of the Villanova zone offense.  You will notice that he still uses a 4 out spacing against zone defenses.  It is important to stretch the zone both vertically and horizontally and the 4 out set does a great job of doing both.

Jay Wright: Villanova Zone Offense

Coaching Quote #35: The Best Program

"Everything you do should be geared to being the best program in the state!”

--- Cliff Hawkins

Vance Downs: Press Topics

Why Press?
1. Aggressive mind set
2. Speed up tempo
3. Create offense
4. More and easier shots
5. Keep other team out of offensive sets
6. Combat good big men
7. Create depth   Rotation Notes - we can vary the pick up the points
- the offense can determine our alignment
- we want to control where the ball goes and our pressure
- we want to break down spacing
- we encourage non players to make plays
- we trap decision makers and get it out of their hands
- we do not trap non decision makers we just pressure them and force them to play fast

Trapping Notes

- Stay down in stance and still have hands and arms raised
- Trap foot to foot locking legs

Effective trapping

- two defenders attack the ball handler, while the remaining three immediately move into zone coverage
- It is the responsibility of the second defender to the trap to lock legs
- the second man coming into the trap uses the last two steps to control his speed and slide into the trap
- players in the trap should have elbows behind their ears ( over teach)
-The only pass that should come out of the trap are bounce or lob passes

Anticipating the pass out of the trap

- read shoulders

Interceptor note

-When in doubt cover from the inside out, shortening the box will not beat you

Keys to press

1. Scout opposition & prep vs press break
2. Personnel
3. Encourage non players to plays
4. Put non decision makers to make decisions
5. Match up to their initial alignment and then follow your plan
6. Fundamental trapping techniques must be used to make most of our opportunities
7. Do not let offense split traps
8. Do not foul in tap
9. As ball leaves both defenders must sprint out
10. We do not give up easy baskets, pressing can be effective just by fatiguing the other team
11. 2 trappers, 2 interceptors, goal tender everytime
12. Keep constant pressure
13. Adjust

Tom Izzo: Defending Ball Screens

Tom Izzo is well known for his pack style defensive system.  The pack style defense is very common in the high school ranks.  Therefore, we are going to look at how Coach Izzo handles ball screen situations in the this video clip.  Coach Izzo shows 5 different ways that MSU will defend ball screen situations and then how to teach it in a drill setting.

Lorenzo Romar Nike Clinic Notes

Here are some great Nike clinic notes featuring Lorenzo Romar from the University of Washington.  The clinic also featured Tubby Smith, Bruce Weber and many other great coaches.

Lorenzo Romar Nike Clinic Notes

Coaching Quote #34: Discipline

"You discipline those under your supervision to correct, to help, to improve - not to punish."

--- John Wooden

College Level Shooting Workout

Here is a great shooting workout for those players who need to be challenge more or are wanting to do a college level workout.

College Level Shooting Workout

Keys to Success Clinic: Gibson High School 2012

Here is a great set of clinic notes from the Keys to Success Clinic at Gibson High School.  Lason Perkins, who always does a great job of sharing resources and helping coaches improve, was one of the clinic presenters. 

Keys to Success Clinic: Gibson High School 2012

Caoching Quote #33: Waiting

“You can’t sit there and look over your shoulder and wait and see if he is going to beat you.”

--- Bill Parcells

Simplified Swing Offense for High School Basketball

We used to run a lot of Swing offense.  At heart, I am a motion coach, but I would have to say the Swing offense is one of the better continuity offenses out there.  It has great spacing and a lot of screening actions that get you post looks as well as perimeter looks.  At that time, I reallly broke down this offensive system.  While the basics of this offense are the same as the Wisconsin Swing, I did modify some elements and added in some quick hitters, primary break and the scoring options we got the most frequently. 

Simplified Swing Offense for High School Basketball

Jay Wright: Villanova Defense

To continue the Jay Wright theme, we are going to look at some defensive resources used in the Villanova program.  Included are some great defensive drills. 

Villanova Defense
Villanova Defensive Progression Drills

Coaching #32: Dominating Your Opponent

-“The scoreboard has nothing to do with the process. Each possession you look across at the opponen and commit yourself to dominate that person. It’s about individuals dominating the individuals they’re playing against. If you can do this…if you can focus on the one possession and wipe out the distractions…then you will be satisfied with the result.”

--- Nick Saban

Jay Wright: Innovative Late Game Sets

Continuing with our Jay Wright theme, today we are going to take a look at some innovative late game strategies to get your best players quality shots.  Regardless if you are a motion coach or not, there are a number of things that we can take away from this resource.

Jay Wright: Innovative Late Game Sets

Missouri Tigers Defensive Package

Here is a detailed breakdown of a pressure defensive systemt that was used with the Missouri mens basketball program.  Not sure if it is currently being used of if it was used when Coach Anderson was there.  Either way, it is a great resource.

Missouri Tigers Defensive System

Coaching Quote #31: Goals

"Concentrate on finding your goal, then concentrate on reaching it."

--- Col. Michael Friedsam

Fran Fraschilla: Ball Screen Topics

Fran Fraschilla is a great basketball mind and particularly like listening to him commentate games.  He has a great eye for the details of the game.  On that note, Coach Fraschilla talks about ball screen offenses and some of the little details to running a solid ball screen offense.

These notes were taken by Zak Boisvert, who always does a great job of sharing basketball resources with the rest of us.

Fran Fraschilla: Ball Screen Topics

Jay Wright: Motion Breakdown Drills

I got these drills from Scott Peterman at Mensbasketballhoopscoop.  Coach Peterman does a great job of providing coaching resources.  If you are ever looking for something, he is one of the first people you should look to for help.

Here, Jay Wright shows us some of the breakdown drills he uses to build his 4 out motion offense.  If you have studied the other motion resources I have posted, you will see the direct correleation from the drills to the complete offense.

Jay Wright Motion Breakdown Drills
Jay Wright Footwork Drills for Perimeter Players
Jay Wright Breakdown Drills for 4 Out Motion Offense

2003 Tasman Coaching Clinic

Here are some good clinic notes from the 2003 Tasman Clinic which featured Patrick Hunt as one of the clinic presenters. 

2003 Tasman Coaching Clinic

Coaching Quote #30: Desire

"Success is creating a state of mind that allows you to obtain anything you really desire."

--- Mark Victor Hansen

Mike Rice: Competitive Practice Drills

Here are some good descriptions of competitive practice drills as used by Mike Rice.

Mike Rice Competitive Practice Drills

Coach K: Components of Good Defense

Conditioning: Never rest on the defensive end
Courage: Don't be afraid of diving for a loose ball or taking a charge
Intelligence: Understanding our defense in game situations
Habits: Constant reps and do defensive drills daily all year
Attitude: Positive defensive attitude, don't fear failure, confidence in self and teammates

Jay Wright Motion Offense Rules

1. Post players should always be high and low in the offense


2. Screen the guard to the maintain the opposite spot

3. Our post players always screen the man in the slot

4. Ball is in the slot, ball screen

5. Ball is passed to the baseline position big man set the flare screen

6. When the ball is in the slot with the post the big man will look to duck in

7. When the ball is passed to the post the opposite big man will rip or dive to the opposite post

Jay Wright: Playes for Players

Here are a couple of resources that showcase some offensive plays used by Jay Wright within the 4-out motion offense.

Jay Wright Nike Clinic 2008 Plays for Players
Jay Wright Myrtle Beach Plays for Players

Coaching Quote #29: Integrity

"Success always has a price; success, with integrity, is the real bottom line."

--- Denis Waitley

Morgan Wooten Coaching Concepts

1. Never lose sight of the impact you are having on young people’s lives.


2. Teach your players the importance of proper priorities that allow for maximum personal, academic, and athletic development.

3. Evaluate wins and losses objectively, focusing more on effort and execution than on the outcome of the game.

4. Instruct, don’t dictate.

5. Never humiliate.

6. Communicate your approach in a style that is comfortable to you and fits your personality and philosophy.

7. Learn to anticipate problems.

8. Never announce penalty for rule violations in advance.

9. Enthusiasm creates heroism.

10. If you make a mistake and fall down, you must get back up.

11. Always have a “Thought for the Day.”

12. You are constantly being judged on what you are doing and not what you have done.

13. Be yourself.

14. Be eager to learn.

15. Don’t play players only because they have potential if they do not hustle, work hard, and listen.

16. Never discipline to punish, discipline to teach.

17. We are what we continually do.

18. Do to your opponent what you do not like done to you.

19. Play defense with your feet, eyes, and heart.

20. If you want the attention of your players, use compliments.

21. I believe that repetition of fundamentals at any level will make your players winners.

22. Play hard, play smart, play together, and have fun.

23. You must have total control of your program.

24. I will never curse my players, and they will never curse me.

25. I will never embarrass my players, and they will never embarrass me.

26. Do not assume anything.

27. Listen and learn from your players.

28. Excellence becomes a habit.

29. Don’t ever tell your players to win.

30. Never write a plan for practice that takes longer than two hours.

31. Make your players sprint over to you to begin practice on a hustling, enthusiastic note.

32. Inch by inch, life’s a cinch. Yard by yard, it’s really hard.

33. Take time to talk individually with the players you are cutting.

34. Have your players write down their academic and athletic goals at the start of every year.

35. Building team chemistry is the most important thing you can do as a coach

Clinic to End All Clinics: Zone Defense Clinc Notes

Here is a great resource for those you who use zone defense as a part of your defensive package.  There are some great teaching points from some great coaches.

Clinic to End All Clinics: Zone Defense Clinc Notes

Jay Wright: Build a Player the Wight Way

I am going to stick with the Jay Wright them for a few days here and share some notes on some of the drills that he uses for individual devleopment.  A lot of the drills he uses are common, but I really like the attention to detail that he emphasizes, primarily the footwork development.

Jay Wright: Build a Player the Wright Way

Coaching Quote #28: We For Me

“Good teams become great teams when the members trust each other enough to surrender the we for me.”

--- Phil Jackson

2012 Olympic Playbook

My 2012 Olympic Playbook has now been released. I recorded all of the Olympic Men's basketball games and analyzed the different offensive actions and compiled them into 1 resource. It amazes me how the International game of basketball is played and coached. There are so many great International coaches out there. They are so creative with their offensive schemes. I have even implemented some of the actions used in International basketball into our high school playbooks.
2012 Olympic Basketball Playbook

Jay Wright: 4 Out Motion Offense

One of my favorite 4 out motion coaches is Jay Wright.  Specifically, I like what he does with his post players.  To often, I think coaches think that they cannot run a 4 out motion offense when they have 2 bigs on the floor.  Coach Wright gives some great ideas to overcome that fear.

Jay Wright: 4 Out Motion Offense

Arkansas Defense Package

Here is a good resource for coaches who like use some trapping schemes in their defensive package.

Arkansas Defense

Why I Don't Hunt Geese

Here is a good resource you can share with your players on the importance of being a part of a team.

As geese flap their wings, they create an uplift for the bird following. By flying together in a V formation, the flock’s flying range is 71% greater than that of any bird flying alone.

When a goose falls out of formation, it suddenly feels the drag and resistance of trying to fly alone, and quickly gets back into form to take advantage of the lifting power of the birds in front.

The geese formation honk to encourage those up front to keep their speed. When the lead goose gets tired, it rotates back into formation and another goose files out the point position.

When a goose gets sick or wounded, two geese drop out of formation and follow it down to help and protect it. They stay with it until it is able to fly again or dies. They then launch out on their own to find another formation or to catch up with the flock.

Coaching Quote #27: Correct

"The more we can get kids to do correctly off the court, the more we can get them to do correctly on the court."

Mike Jarvis

Dave Leitao 4 Out Motion Offense Notes

Here is a DVD review I did of Dave Leitao's 4 out motion offense.  The 4 out motion offense is my favorite motion offense.  I love the spacing and the different actions you can get out of it.  Hope it helps

Dave Leitao Motion Offense

Think vs. React

I found this article rather interesting on the difference between thinking and reacting as noticed by John Killilea.  I am not sure when it was written, but regardless, it still provides a lot of food for thought.

Basketball is not a game of thinking. No one can convince me that the great plays made in basketball are all thought out, because the game changes so quickly while the play is being run. It’s a game of reflexes. We recently beat New York. We had been coming over the top, over the top for the last three games in a row and all of a sudden John Havlicek, probably one of the greatest players that ever played the game without the ball started over the top with probably one of the best jab steps that Earl Monroe ever saw. Then he reversed and went back door. Cowens hit him with a pass for an easy layup and that was the ball game.


Now, why don’t others on our team run that play? Well, they do. We use some people, but John Havlicek fundmentaly is probably one of the greatest. He’ll work on the jab step, set the man up, and then take it away from him, and that’s it. Others will try that and never fool anybody because they’re not convincing enough. They don’t work hard enough at making it believable. Or they won’t run hard enough to get open. I watched the replays on TV and Earl Monroe wasn’t a quarter step behind John, yet that quarter step was enough for them to lose the ball game in Madison Square Garden. SO you have to look back and determine the basic fundamentals in basketball that won the ball game for you.

Fundamentals win ball games for you. It starts long before the ball goes through the hoop. It starts when kids are just learning the game. When I look at a college kid I like to watch and see what kind of attitude he’s got, and how hard he would work to maybe become another John Havlicek, or even get close to becoming a Havlicek. There aren’t going to be many to come down the pike like him.

-John Killilea, Boston Celtics & Milwaukee Bucks

Bo Ryan: Wisconsin Transition Defense

A few years ago, I heard Bo Ryan discuss his philosophy to transition defense.  It was absolutely great.  It was amazing how simple it was and logic behind it.  I broke down my notes and diagrams to show the basic concepts of his transition defense.

Wisconsin Transition Defense

Ball Screen Quick Hitters

Here are some great quick hitters for all of you coaches that like to incorporate ball screen actions into your playbooks.  When executed properly, ball screen actions can be the most difficult to defend.  Hope they help.

50 Ball Screen Quick Hitters

Coaching Quote #26: Player Roles

"If you don't want to accept your role, you are telling your teammates that you don't want to contribute to winning a Championship. Your message is that you are greater than the cause."

--- Kevin Eastman

End of Game Defense Strategy: Foul When Up 3

Here is a great resource for end of game defense.  Definately has some interesting numbers for NBA defense.

3-D: Late Game Defense

Kevin Eastman: Boston Celtics Standards

1. Professionalism. (commit to acting in a first class manner every day of the year, being a pro or being professional)

2. No Personal Agendas. (one agenda & one agenda only, to do whatever is necessary to help team win championships)

3. Professional & Respectful Communication. (commitment to listening & how we send messages to one another)

4. Think of the NOW Only. (this team, this year)

5. One Way. (commitment to teaching & learning One Way)

6. Efficient Team. (execute within the system with simplicity to produce maximum efficiency)

7. Team of Execution. (commit to learning our Off/Def system)

8. Never have bad Practices. (commit to giving great effort & execution daily)

9. Responsibility. (commit to holding ourselves personally responsible for our actions, efforts, fulfilling designated roles)

10. Trust.

11. No Excuses. (we either get it done or we don't, but the next play or quarter or game, becomes the Celtic Standard

Bear Bryant: Mind Over Matter

I go this video from Zac Boisvert.  It is has some great thoughts from legendary coach, Bear Bryant.  Even though Bear Bryant was a football coach, there are still a bunch of great coaching tidbits that we can all apply to our program. 

Mind Over Matter

Coaching Quote #25: Winning

"Without the success of the team, no one will be rewarded individually. We win, everyone wins."

--- Jay Bilas

Improve Yourself and Your Program: Scott Duncan Clinic Notes

Here is another set of clinic notes I put together a near by clinc.  Scott Duncan gave a great presentation and definately gave me a lot to think about with our program.  I hope you find them as useful as I did.

Scott Duncan: Improve Yourself and Your Program

Ric Wesley High Post Offense

Here is a breakdown of Ric Welsley's High Post Offense for those of you coaches who like to run a high post style of offense.  He also has some good transition ideas that lead into to his offense as well.  Hope it helps.

Ric Wesley High Post Offense

The Wheelbarrow

The following is a great analogy you can use with your team as to whether they are truly committed to the team or not.

The wheelbarrow tale that Riley told the team was believed to be this: In 1859 the Great Blondin, the man who invented the high-wire act, announced to the world that he intended to cross Niagara Falls on a tightrope. As the story goes, 5,000 people gathered to watch. Halfway across, Blondin suddenly stopped, steadied himself, back flipped into the air, landed squarely on the rope, and then continued safely to the other side. Just as he was about to begin yet another crossing, this time pushing a wheelbarrow, he turned to the crowd and shouted, "Who believes that I can cross pushing this wheelbarrow?" Every hand in the crowd went up. Blondin pointed at one man. "Do you believe that I can do it?" he asked. "Yes, I believe you can," said the man.
"Are you certain?" Blondin asked.
"Yes," said the man. "Absolutely certain?" "Yes, absolutely certain." "Thank you," said Blondin. "Then, sir, get into the wheelbarrow."

Coaching Quote #24: Obstacles

"You learn that, whatever you are doing in life, obstacles don't matter very much.  Pain or other circumstances can be there, but if you want to do a job bad enough, you'll find a way to get it done."

--- Jack Youngblood

Disguising Your Sets: Tara VanDerveer

Here is a collection of notes I put together after watching a DVD on Tara VanDerveer's "Disguising Your Man and Zone Sets."  Even though we don't use any of her offensive actions, she does provide some great ideas for disguising what we do. 

Tara VanDerveer: Disguising Your Man and Zone Sets

Very Impressive Person

He greets everyone with a smile

And a hearty handshake;

And makes you feel he means it

When he says he’s glad to meet you.

And he makes you glad to meet him.

He walks with a sprightly step

And speaks with a laugh in his voice.

He listens with interest

And speaks with conviction,

And makes you feel you’ve known him all your life.

He doesn’t seem to try to impress,

Yet he’s most impressive.

He never tries pressing to persuade,

Yet you always come away convinced.

He’s the kind of guy we enjoy being around

Because he is what we all secretly would like to be;

Someone who enjoys being himself.

“I have decided to let my life be my argument.”

-Albert Schweitzer

Why Wooden's Teams Won

Here is a great resource with a bunch of John Wooden information.   Things we all as coaches can use in our program in some form or another.

Wooden Handout

Coaching Quote #23: Challenges

"Challenges are what make life interesting; overcoming them is what makes life meaningful."

--- Joshua J. Marine

Players Coaches Love: Rick Crotts

Here is a great list of characteristics of players that coaches love as outlined by Coach Rick Crotts.

1. Get self-motivated
2. Listen and Learn
3. Know your role
4. Love the game, work hard, and be loyal
5. Respond to the challenge

Jamie Angeli Shooting Drills

Here are some great shooting drills from coach Jamie Angeli.  Coach Angeli provides some great resources and really has a great mind for the game. 

Jamie Angeli Shooting Drills

Ernie Kent Continuity Motion Breakdown

A while back, I broke down Ernie Kent's continuity motion offense.  He has a bunch of good ideas that I think continuity coaches could benefit from. 

Ernie Kent Continuity Motion Offense

Chris Mack Program Philosophy

Here is a good set of notes on Chris Mack and his program philosophy.

Chris Mack Program Philosophy